How many people do you think they have to do reporting and write articles?

Do you think mods get paid? HAhahahahahaha

Anyway, yes this site "sold out" since you'll get blacklisted if you leak shit which translates to no coverage, game keys or any other cooperation with the dev. Being on the curse network prevents you from pissing off devs by default.

Moderators are volunteers. They don't get paid for moderating the site. they aren't here to report anything.

Precisely right.

Discussing moderation is against the rules and makes a post liable for an infraction. Send a PM if that's not clear. Don't put it in a thread.
Please report problem posts instead of responding to them.
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Post about the topic, not about one another.
Treat me like anyone else unless you're breaking rules or we need to do site business. I play. I have likes and dislikes. We're not that different.

I think the fact they gave Method the world first achievement for a world 2nd kill shows exactly who / what pulls the strings around here (hint: money).

Who gave Method what? MMO-C reported that Method downed him for a world-first 25-man kill, which is correct. If you want to rehash Asia vs. everyone else, there's roughly 1000 pages of back-and-forth in the Raid Discussion forum. And how exactly does reporting Method as world-first indicate "money" to you? It's a player-created race with absolutely no acknowledgment from Blizzard, other than the fact that they monitor attempts as a trouble-shooting method.

There was a thread like this a week or so back that I responded to at the time with my perspective. Sort of like "subs are declining, and we just got Pandaren, so the sub declinemust be because of the Pandaren!," people aren't taking all the variables into account, and are also assuming that correlation equals causation.

There have been a lot of factors that could effect MMO-C's access to or ability to post information.

It could be pressure from Curse. It could be pressure from Blizzard. It could be that there's less information to find.

It's not like other websites are getting a hold of big leaks that MMO-C isn't posting about.
Blizzard is getting better at keeping things under wraps, as far as I can tell. They've also become more concerned with keeping things under wraps.

Essentially, every time someone finds a leak, I expect Blizzard then knows how to plug that leak in the future. You could also argue that it's more risky to leak information as an employee because of the current state of and view on the job market and economy. People are still more nervous about losing jobs than in the past. That could also be a possible factor.

In addition, as an "official" fansite, MMO-C has access to giveaway materials, betas, alphas, interviews, and et cetera that are a big part of its traffic gain, as far as news goes. Even if some sites and sources like MMO-C have insider info, releasing that information to the public when Blizzard doesn't want them to is a sure way to get those privileges revoked, and that's a pretty big deterrent when it means potentially losing out on access and scoops.

Besides, with Mists, the only leak we had was the trademark. Assuming TDB or HotS aren't the next expansion and we don't have a trademark for it yet (possible, since Wrath of the Lich King was trademarked 4 days before its official announcement at Blizzcon 2007), there may simply be nothing to leak.

MMO-C did jump right on TDB and Reaper of Souls when they were discovered, after all. It's not like they "ignored" those potential leaks.

OT: I am sorry if you felt this post was directed at you Boub, you are to MMO champ what Moot is to 4chan. I think most posters here have a lot of respect for you mate. I was just kinda bummed at not having seen the usual kind of pioneering new information, breaking news etc. in a while, but I guess your post does explain why it is so.

Tell me where exactly will you get all the WoW Blizzcon info in one place? Yeah.

They haven't "Sold off", it's called business.

I swear this place is like a gathering spot for all the Blizzard haters.

How is it blizz hating to observe that MMO-Champ is now just a blizzard mouthpiece and never posts anything not spoon-fed by blizz?

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Originally Posted by Daetur

There was a thread like this a week or so back that I responded to at the time with my perspective. Sort of like "subs are declining, and we just got Pandaren, so the sub declinemust be because of the Pandaren!," people aren't taking all the variables into account, and are also assuming that correlation equals causation.

There have been a lot of factors that could effect MMO-C's access to or ability to post information.

It could be pressure from Curse. It could be pressure from Blizzard. It could be that there's less information to find.

It's not like other websites are getting a hold of big leaks that MMO-C isn't posting about.
Blizzard is getting better at keeping things under wraps, as far as I can tell. They've also become more concerned with keeping things under wraps.

Essentially, every time someone finds a leak, I expect Blizzard then knows how to plug that leak in the future. You could also argue that it's more risky to leak information as an employee because of the current state of and view on the job market and economy. People are still more nervous about losing jobs than in the past. That could also be a possible factor.

In addition, as an "official" fansite, MMO-C has access to giveaway materials, betas, alphas, interviews, and et cetera that are a big part of its traffic gain, as far as news goes. Even if some sites and sources like MMO-C have insider info, releasing that information to the public when Blizzard doesn't want them to is a sure way to get those privileges revoked, and that's a pretty big deterrent when it means potentially losing out on access and scoops.

Besides, with Mists, the only leak we had was the trademark. Assuming TDB or HotS aren't the next expansion and we don't have a trademark for it yet (possible, since Wrath of the Lich King was trademarked 4 days before its official announcement at Blizzcon 2007), there may simply be nothing to leak.

MMO-C did jump right on TDB and Reaper of Souls when they were discovered, after all. It's not like they "ignored" those potential leaks.

If one of the 'hoaxes/leaks' (Dark, below, heroes of storm, time travel) does turns out to be true, would it be proof that other people, places still do digging while MMO-champ is not what it used to be and only reports what blizzard allows it to?
Back in the day MMO-champ would have grabbed hold of the leak, they knew to be right and posted it on front page and said the source was someone else, now if it did not come directly from blizz, it's not going to be on MMO-champ.